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BODY SMARTS CRUNCH BARS Muscling into PowerBar territory, Viagra maker Pfizer has fortified these chocolate and fruit-chew "nutraceuticals" with as much iron as a cup of spinach, as much fiber as a slice of bread and--surprise!--more flavor than a piece of cardboard...
GIRLS AND MATH Why do girls do more poorly in math than boys? Part of the answer may be iron. A study of nearly 5,400 children found that those with an iron deficiency were more than twice as likely to score below average on math tests--and 8.7% of adolescent girls are iron deficient, compared with 0.9% of boys. More studies are needed to determine whether treatment can help raise scores. Until then, children should eat plenty of iron-rich foods, such as meat, nuts, eggs and green vegetables...
...like her menopausal mom. In January, General Mills climbed on board, introducing Harmony cereal with soy protein, folic acid and a vanilla-almond-oat flavor that rated high in female focus groups. And this fall Quaker will roll out its Nutrition for Women oatmeal, which features extra calcium and iron and a feminized lavender backdrop behind the trademark white-haired Quaker...
...products are not wholly without value, however. Women have different nutritional needs from men, requiring more iron, for example, and fewer calories. Nine out of 10 women don't get their recommended daily allowance of calcium, and 70% don't get enough iron. While women are clearly better off munching leafy greens or low-fat yogurt than relying on fortified foods, it's also clear that many of them aren't doing it. If a bowl of fortified oatmeal in the morning gets them going, nutritionists say, it's better than nothing...
...WORLD TRADE BRIDGE The last semi, No. 3,902 for the day, reaches the checkpoint of the World Trade Bridge. Its load: 45 pieces of wrought-iron furniture, headed for the patios of the North...